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reminiscent-afterthought

  • Shoko Wasn't Special

    ...but she could still note things that, perhaps, others missed.

  • A Breather for Softer Musics

    Ruki usually listens to upbeat music, the sort of stuff that can pound away in her ears and drown out the world. But sometimes she needs a breath of fresh air as well.

  • Horses in Seas

    He didn't know why the horse.

  • fates that can only be undone by giving up dreams

    [manga: Shadow of Vision] And even though he has warned them, no-one is willing to give up on their dreams to change their fate.

  • the ground is farther away than death

    [manga: Birthday] Wouldn't it have been easier to die than survive that fall?

  • forget-don't forget - be sad-smile and rejoice

    Shido wanted Riho to forget. Riho did not want that, because the truth had unlocked both old and new doors for her. Shido, of course, wanted that new door to stay closed.

  • The dead eyes of Contractors

    Maybe they were the ones most affected by the loss of the real sky, even if they did not have the capacity to dream of such things like outer space.

  • sometimes you don't know until afterward how much you've paid

    [manga: Judge] If he had known what it would have cost him, cost everyone - maybe he wouldn't have made that move.

  • D-a-d-d-y

    They lost their parents, but they can move on with their new daddy by their side, looking after them.

  • the girl with the sweet mask

    No-one had known, just looking at her, what sort of person she really was.

  • tanka of colour

    Even in all the grey and brown, he found a little bit of colour to keep on going with.

  • the race through the night's tokyo

    They are chased by something beyond words, not limited to just the demons after their blood and bone.

  • First Kiss, First Love

    Because she was just a heart-struck high school girl who'd never fallen in love before.

  • the thing they call dreams

    Dreams aren't reality, and that is the danger in them.

  • Ocean and Sky

    Misuzu stands as close as she can to the ocean and sky, but she's not close enough to either of those places.

  • The Story of a Judging

    [manga: Judge] The story of Hikari is a famous one, and Rina's son wants to know the truth about it. Finally, Rina tells him. This is that conversation, that tale.

  • Ten in Tokyo That Night

    The hunters and the hunted. The demons and the children. One night, they were all under the dim lights of a hungry Tokyo.

  • A Traitor Called Love

    Rei didn't think love would stand in her way now that she she'd seen with her own eyes how brittle it was, and how easily it could crumble under doubt...

  • A Waxed Vampire Doll

    In an age that no longer believed in immortals like her kind, those who came across her sleeping form considered her no more than a doll.

  • Workaholic

    He didn't imagine his life turning out this way, but a family was more fulfilling than his work.